Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, etc.; expiration.
Summary
Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards; expiration. Extends the validity of limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards, other than REAL ID credentials, as defined in the bill, and commercial driver's licenses and permits, to a period of time consistent with the validity of (i) driver's licenses, which under current law is a period not to exceed eight years or for a person age 75 or older, a period not to exceed five years; (ii) permits, which under current law is the period of time until a driver's license is issued or the person is no longer eligible for such permit, a period of 12 months for motorcycle permits, or a period of the 60 days prior to the person's first behind-the-wheel exam for persons 25 years of age or older; and (iii) special identification cards, which under current law is a period between three and eight years, with exceptions, or for a person younger than the age of 15, until such person's sixteenth birthday, unless extended under certain circumstances for a period no longer than 90 days. The bill directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement the extended validity periods for such documents upon reissuance.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2025
Last action Feb 18, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jan 20, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 20, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Jan 9, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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